Mount the main landing gear – Great Planes Venus II 60 ARF - GPMA1027 User Manual

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Refer to this photo while mounting the servos

and hooking up the pushrods.

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3. Place the elevator and rudder servos in the servo tray,

but do not screw them in yet. Bend and cut one of the
elevator pushrods to join up with the other elevator pushrod
as shown. With both elevators centered, connect the elevator
pushrods with two 5/32" [4 mm] wheel collars and 6-32 x 1/4"
[6 mm] SHCS and a few drops of threadlocker on the
threads. Note: Do not cut off the unused servo arms until
setting up the radio later.

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4. Cut the pushrods to the correct length, and then solder

a small, metal clevis onto the end of each pushrod. (This will
be easier to do if the pushrods are disconnected from the
control horns on the elevators and rudder.)

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5. Reconnect the pushrods to the control horns and

connect them to the servo arms. Mount the servos in the
servo trays by drilling 1/16" [1.6 mm] holes for the screws
and using the screws that came with the servos. Remove
the screws, harden the holes with thin CA, allow to harden,
and then mount the servos again with the screws.

Refer to this sketch while mounting the wheels.

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1. Use a 1/2" and a 7/16" wrench to bolt both axles to

both main landing gears. Use a reinforced cutoff wheel or
metal file to file an approximately 3/16" [5 mm] long flat spot
approximately 1/8" [3 mm] from the end of both axles.

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2. With #6 washers to center the wheel in the pant, use

two 2-56 x 3/8" [10 mm] screws and #2 lock washers to
mount the pants to the landing gear with the wheel and a
5/32" [4 mm] wheel collar. Secure the collar to the axle with
a 6-32 x 1/4" [6 mm] SHCS (socket-head cap screw) and a
drop of threadlocker on the threads.

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3. Mount the landing gear to the bottom of the fuselage

with four 8-32 x 3/4" [19 mm] SHCS, #4 lock washers and #4
flat washers.

2" [4 mm]

WHEEL COLLAR

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Mount the Main Landing Gear

2" WHEEL COLLAR

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